Nevada Copper Belt Hall-Scott motor car No. 22 is a classic
example of self-propelled secondary passenger carrying vehicles that
became common in the years preceding the First World War. The car was
built by the Hall-Scott Motor Car Company of Berkeley, California, for
the Slat Lake & Utah railroad. It was the last in a series of cars
numbered 501-503 and delivered in February 1914. Beginning in March,
these cars provided the first service on the railroad between Salt Lake
City and Provo.

With the beginning of electrified interurban service on the SL & U
in July 1915, the Hall-Scott gas powered cars soon became surplus. The
Orem family, principal owners of the SL & U, also controlled the Nevada
Copper Belt Railroad in western Nevada. The NCB already owned one
Hall-Scott motor car, and a smaller Fairbanks-Morse car. SL & U car No.
503 was sold to the NCB to round out the fleet.

On the Copper Belt, Hall-Scott car No. 22 played its roll
providing local passenger service, mostly between Mason and the Southern
Pacific connection at Wabusca. The NCB finally went out of business in
1947, and sold its equipment off. Shortly before the end, car No. 22 had
one last fling, chartered by four railfans for a tour all over the
railroad. At the end of the trip, the group purchased sister Hall-Scott
car No. 21, preferring it because of its wooden body. Car No. 22 went to
scrap. In 1955, the body of Hall-Scott No. 22 was built into a building
in Carson City along with Virginia & Truckee McKeen motor car No. 22.
Both cars were donated to the Museum in early 1996.